Operation Manual

Adobe Premiere Elements 8 guide
2 How to edit clips © 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated
To display and hide docking headers:
Do one of the following:
 To make docking headers appear, choose
Window > Show Docking Headers.
 To make docking headers disappear, choose
Window > Hide Docking Headers.
Note: To access any of the commands in the panel menu when docking headers are hidden, right-click in the panel.
Editing tools
You use the editing tools in the Timeline and in the Monitor panel to trim clips, split them, and change their speed
(Figure 2). When you edit on the Timeline, the pointer changes to the currently active tool. If the pointer changes to
a red slash, you cannot use the tool on the clip under the pointer.
Selection tool: Selects clips for previewing or trimming.
Time Stretch tool: Changes the playback speed and duration of a clip without changing its In or Out points.
Dragging the edge of a clip in one direction lengthens it and slows it down; dragging in the other direction shortens
the clip and speeds it up.
Split Clip tool: Splits the selected clip or clips at the current-time indicator. Be sure to select only the clips you want
split before you click the Split Clip tool. If no clips are selected, the Split Clip tool cuts all tracks at the current-time
indicator.
Figure 2 Editing tools in the Timeline and the Monitor panel
Selection
tool
Time Stretch
tool
Split Clip
tool